Each exercise uses a specific mental ability you have and activates an important part of your brain. There are no “right or wrong” answers. Maintain and enhance your cognitive abilities based on neuroscience principles. Each exercise takes 5 minutes or less. Write down your answers or just keep them in mind. Enjoy.

Where were you and what were you doing when you learned about the 9-11 World Trade Center attack?

For our European mental fitness buffs.

Where were you and what were you doing when you learned that Princess Di was killed in a car wreck?

Mental Ability: Traumatic event recall.

Brain Map:Anterior cingulate, frontal lobes, and thalamus.

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